Subject: RE: Video Request: Pierson on CNN now
From: "Berns, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bhatnagar, Akshai" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, Comm_D <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 14:56:47 -0700

Part 2

Q: Audio tape, you are still saying voice on tape isn't his

That's exactly what I am saying

Q: Trump met with Ryan. Right now how close are they to working out their problems

I think they are close. We just released 9 GOP chairman that supported Trump

This is Ryan's decision to hold back

He has been committed to party unity the last few months

Q: White nationalist, butler, David Duke offered himself up to be VP. How much of a problem is this

Cant control actions of anyone else

He disavowed his *former* butler

Media outlets created white supremacist twitter accounts pretending to be Trump supporters

Nobody talking about the former KKK Grand Wizard in CA endorsing HRC

These things happen in politics - he cant control everyone

Q: Tax returns - do American people have a right to know what his tax rate is?

He has said he will release tax returns after the audit.

Q: But not tell us his tax rate?

That is correct. If there is no news, we will make it up as we go so why give into that

Q: He has plan to reduce tax rates for everyone. American people have a right to know what his tax rate is?

Trump has complained about how they are too high for everyone

Trump going by legal counsel. He will release his tax returns after the audit

From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:39 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Berns, Jeremy; Comm_D; [email-masked]
Subject: RE: Video Request: Pierson on CNN now

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From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:35 PM
To: Berns, Jeremy; Comm_D; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Video Request: Pierson on CNN now

Can I get a transcript of the interview, especially the different aspects of the Muslim ban? Thanks again. - Mark

Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

From: Berns, Jeremy
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:23 PM
To: Comm_D; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Video Request: Pierson on CNN now

Pierson:

Trump will release taxes after the audit is complete

Its not G Stephanopoulos's business until the audit is finished

Q: Is he moving toward the center?

No not at all

He hasn't backpedaled on his Muslim ban. People in media he is saying he is, that's not the case

Heard ban included all Muslims, but it didn't. it never included American Muslims living abroad. That has been complete media spin and proven false

Q: Should there still be a Muslim ban with only a few exceptions?

Muslim ban was an immigration policy. We were talking about people who we don't know. We know the mayor of London and King Abdullah

People who we don't know need to go through

Pierson said the ban didn't include Muslim tourists

Q: Never meant tourists would be banned

It never included every Muslim. It was an immigration policy

Q: Ban on Muslim tourists?

If they couldn't be identified, then yes.

If they did have paperwork, those would be the exceptions

Q: He called it a total and complete shutdown

Yes, that was an immigration policy. Not going to let the media twist this

Q: Audio specialist thought John Miller had DJT's voice

Don't know who that person is or who paid that person

Need to know why this is national news. This isn't newsworthy

Looking forward to CNN of HRC laughing about getting off a child rapist

Q: If he lied about it to Guthrie when it was, I think that raises it to another level

But I think Trump would be the expert on if it is Trump.

One audio specialist said it was him and I never heard of him.

We have serious problems, we have ISIS. And we are talking about a People Mag interview

Q: Did he have someone on his staff named John Miller or Barron

Looking into it. Not him on the audio, doesn't sound like him.

This is why people go to Facebook for news

Q: Wolf: it would be news if he lied on national television to people about it

HRC representing a child rapist should be news

This whole thing is made up

Q: He did testify that he has used a fake name

Name you are referring to is Barron. This is Miller, not the same thing

This isn't news, this isn't a news story

From: Berns, Jeremy
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:10 PM
To: Comm_D; [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
Subject: Video Request: Pierson on CNN now